Simeon (/ ˈ s ɪ m i ən /) is a ... Simeon ben Gamliel II, Nasi of the Sanhedrin in c. 118 AD; Simeon Bar Kokhba, leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt; ... Simeon Bekbulatovich, de jure Tsar of Russia (1575–1576) Symeon of Polotsk (1629–1680), Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and …

Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881.. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs ...

Simeon the Proud (March 31, 1340 — April 26, 1353) Ivan II the Red (April 26, 1353 — November 13, 1359) Dmitry of the Don (13 November 1359 — 19 May 1389) Vasily I (May 19, 1389 — February 27, 1425) Vasily II the Dark (February 27, 1425 — April 25, 1433) Yury of Zvenigorod (spring — summer 1433) Vasily II the Dark (summer 1433 ...

Simeon I: Born: 1 November 1288 Moscow, Duchy of Moscow: Died 31 March 1340 or 1341 (aged 51–53) Moscow, Duchy of Moscow: Burial: Cathedral of the Archangel. Consort: 1. ... Dmitry the Terrible Eyes, and Alexander II, all of whom obtained …

Alexander III (Russian: Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, tr. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II.This policy is known in Russia as "counter ...

Alexander I (Russian: Алекса́ндр I Па́влович, tr. Aleksándr I Pávlovich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ]; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777 – 1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1825) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie ...

Ivan V Alekseyevich (Russian: Иван V Алексеевич; 6 September [O.S. 27 August] 1666 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1696) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I.Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, while Peter was the only son of Alexis by his second wife, Natalya …

Elizabeth was born at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia, on 18 December 1709 ().Her parents were Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia and Catherine. Catherine was the daughter of Samuel Skowroński, a subject of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.Although no documentary record exists, her parents were said to have married secretly at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in St. Petersburg …

The emperor or empress of all the Russias or All Russia (often titled Tsar or Tsarina/Tsaritsa) was the monarch of the Russian Empire.. The title originated in connection with Russia's victory in the Great Northern War of 1700–1721 and appeared as the adaptation of the tsar's title under the accepted system of titling in Europe. The suffix "of all the Russias" was transformed from the ...

Descent from Genghis Khan in East Asia is well-documented by Chinese sources. His descent in West Asia and Europe was documented through the 14th century, in texts written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani and other Muslim historians.With the advent of genealogical DNA testing, a larger and broader circle of people have begun to claim descent from Genghis Khan.